Vulnerability Mapping:PROHIBITEDThis CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
Summary
This category has been deprecated. It was originally intended as a "catch-all" for input validation problems in technologies that did not have their own CWE, but introduces unnecessary depth to the hierarchy.
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage
PROHIBITED
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
Reasons
Grouping,
Deprecated
Rationale
This CWE has been deprecated. It is also a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.
Comments
See the summary, which might have suggestions for other CWEs to consider.
Content
History
Submissions
Submission Date
Submitter
Organization
2006-07-19
(CWE Draft 3, 2006-07-19)
PLOVER
Modifications
Modification Date
Modifier
Organization
2026-10-28
(CWE 5.0, 2026-10-28)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29
(CWE 4.12, 2023-06-29)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2017-11-08
(CWE 3.0, 2017-11-08)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Description, Name, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Time_of_Introduction, Type
2017-01-19
(CWE 2.10, 2017-01-19)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Relationships
2014-07-30
(CWE 2.8, 2014-07-31)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Relationships
2012-05-11
(CWE 2.2, 2012-05-15)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Relationships
2010-04-05
(CWE 1.8.1, 2010-04-05)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2009-10-29
(CWE 1.6, 2009-10-29)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Type
2009-10-15
(CWE 1.6, 2009-10-29)
CWE Content Team
MITRE
changed from weakness to category, updated Relationships, added Taxonomy_Mapping
Summary
